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Epenthetic glides in Taqbaylit
Journal of African Languages and Literatures, 2021 This paper aims to offer an extra-phonological analysis for a purely phoneticphonological phenomenon: epenthetic glides in Taqbaylit. In this language, both epenthetic glides [j] and [w] may appear in specific contexts and are usually considered a hiatus-
Amazigh Bedar +2 more
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Orthographic input and phonological representations in learners of Chinese as a foreign language. [PDF]
, 2006 This paper provides evidence that the second language orthographic input affects the mental representations of L2 phonology in instructed beginner L2 learners. Previous research has shown that orthographic representations affect monolinguals' performance
Bassetti, Benedetta
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Vowel epenthesis in Japanese loanword adaptation [PDF]
Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2015 It is a generally accepted idea that vowel epenthesis is the main strategy used to repair illicit vowels in Japanese loanword adaptation; however, little attention has been paid to the quality of epenthetic vowels and the processes triggering their ...
Cristina Bălan
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Verbal Suppletion in Romance Synchrony and Diachrony: The Perspective of Distributed Morphology
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 117, Issue 3, Page 471-497, November 2019., 2019 Abstract This article studies the various suppletive patterns found with respect to the Romance movement verb go, both under a diachronic and a synchronic perspective, within the framework of Distributed Morphology (DM). The Romance varieties all started with the loss of verbal forms of Lat.
Natascha Pomino, Eva‐Maria Remberger
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Deriving surface opacity from serial interactions: the case of Arabic epenthesis
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesVowel epenthesis and stress patterns in Arabic dialects vary widely; understanding their interaction is crucial for phonological theory. This study investigates how different Arabic dialects handle medial CCC clusters and how stress assignment interacts ...
Abdullah Alfaifi
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Buriat dorsal epenthesis is not reproduced with novel morphemes
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2020 In Buriat, the consonant realized contextually as dorsal or uvular alternates with zero at stem- suffix boundaries. This alternation has been analyzed as phonological epenthesis and has been known as a challenge to the existing theories of phonological ...
Staroverov, Peter
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Perception of illusory vowels by Persian speakers in several consonant clusters of French loanwords [PDF]
زبان پژوهیIntroduction Previous research has highlighted the challenge listeners face in distinguishing between legitimate and non-native consonant sequences, presenting potential perceptual illusions (Berent, et al., 2007; Dupoux, et al., 1999). Some researchers
Saghar Javidpour +2 more
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Phonological and morphological influences on vowel hiatus resolution in Rutooro
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2021 When the morphology of a language creates instances of successive vowels, these cases of vowel hiatus are often resolved or repaired. This paper presents a wide variety of instances where vowel hiatus is created within verbs in Rutooro, a Ugandan Bantu ...
Bickmore, Lee
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Writing in Creole Contexts: A Study of Jamaican Primary School Students
Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 1, January/February/March 2025.This study explored the nature and challenges of English writing among primary school learners who speak Jamaican Creole as their home and dominant language. Abstract Creole‐speaking contexts are significantly underrepresented in language and literacy research yet present a unique context for understanding the nature of language and literacy ...
Shawna‐Kaye D. Tucker +2 more
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Acoustic cues of palatalisation in plosive + lateral onset clusters [PDF]
, 2009 Palatalisation of /l/ in obstruent + lateral onset clusters in the absence of a following palatal sound has received a considerable amount of attention from historical linguistics.
Martín Mota, Sidney, Müller, Daniela
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